In 2025, a 17-year-old in Osaka was arrested for hacking Kaikatsu Club, motivated by a desire for Pokémon cards. This incident reflects a shift in cybercrime, where non-technical individuals leverage AI tools for malicious activities. The year saw a doubling in cybercrime frequency, with significant increases in malicious packages and cloud intrusions. Teenagers without coding skills successfully executed attacks using AI-assisted platforms, demonstrating a new trend in the profiles of cybercriminals and the capabilities of AI in facilitating these crimes.
"In 2025, LLM-backed chat and agent systems crossed a threshold, going from useful but error-prone coding assistants to end-to-end coding powerhouses, leading to a significant rise in cybercrime."
"Instances of malicious packages discovered on public repositories increased by 75%, and cloud intrusions rose by 35%, indicating a troubling trend in the cybersecurity landscape."
"Three teenagers with no coding background used ChatGPT to build a tool that attacked Rakuten Mobile's system approximately 220,000 times, showcasing the power of AI in the hands of non-experts."
"A single actor using Claude Code conducted an extortion campaign against 17 organizations, utilizing AI to develop malicious code and draft extortion emails, highlighting the sophistication of modern cybercriminals."
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